Recaps

Lin An tested his saber techniques against Lin Xiao, ending with a powerful One Saber Slash that left a mark on his father’s barrier. After Lin Xiao assessed Lin An’s combat strength and warned him about the technique’s risks, Lin An raised his planned trip to the Spirit Realm again.

• Lin An used the fourth strike of Triple Saber, shattering his Bronze Tier saber against Lin Xiao’s barrier without breaking through it.
• Lin An followed with One Saber Slash, using Resentful Tiger’s Eye to find a tiny weakness and leave a faint saber mark on the barrier before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Qian Hai gave Lin An a pill, and Lin Xiao acknowledged that his son had met the test’s requirements.
• Lin Xiao estimated that Triple Saber could threaten a Silver Tier Third Grade guard and that One Saber Slash could potentially kill someone at Silver Seventh Grade, while Ji Yuan said the final strike could injure him.
• Lin Xiao warned Lin An that he could not yet control One Saber Slash and would be drained after using it; Lin An then began asking about his trip to the Spirit Realm.

Lin Xiao agreed to let Lin An enter the Spirit Realm and equipped him with powerful treasures and guards for protection. Lin An set out with the City Lord’s Estate party, while the three great clan heads waited to greet him and discussed how to cooperate with him inside.

• Lin Xiao told Lin An he could enter the Spirit Realm and ordered Qian Yang to notify the three great clans.
• Lin Xiao assigned ten personal guards to accompany Lin An and prepared additional safeguards for his journey.
• The next day, Lin Xiao gave Lin An gold-tier armor, a hand crossbow, pills, other treasures, and a jade pendant containing one of his attacks.
• Lin An left the City Lord’s Estate with Ji Yuan and more than a hundred guards, including the ten selected to enter the Spirit Realm with him.
• Zhao Tong and the heads of the Wang Clan and Zhang Clan discussed how to behave toward Lin An, agreeing to ask him for instructions when he arrived.
• The three clan heads and their people bowed to Lin An as his party reached the wilderness west of Shenglin City.

Lin An met the three clan heads at the newly opened spirit realm, where they offered their teams’ support and treasures to him. After scouts confirmed the entrance led to a wilderness with no nearby Sin Beasts, Lin An entered with his guards and set off to explore separately from the clans.

• Zhao Tong and the other clan heads were shocked to discover Lin An had reached Bronze Ninth Grade, and Lin An told them they could explore the spirit realm freely.
• The clan heads introduced Zhao Tao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Qi, each a Bronze Eighth Grade heir who would lead his clan’s team.
• After the spirit realm opened, three Bronze Ninth Grade scouts entered and reported that they found no Sin Beasts within a thousand meters of the entrance.
• Lin An entered the spirit realm with his ten personal guards, followed by the three clans’ teams.
• Zhao Tao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Qi offered to follow Lin An’s instructions, but he declined and left to explore with his guards.
• Zhao Tao, Zhang Yun, and Wang Qi chose separate directions and departed with their teams.

Lin An entered a Bronze Tier Spirit Realm and hunted Sin Beasts to gain attribute points. After clearing the mountain forest, he learned about Sin-Luring Crystals and prepared to use one while his guards broke through to the Silver Realm.

• Lin An led his ten guards into a forested mountain, told them to scout for Sin Beasts, and set out to hunt as well.
• Lin An killed a pack of twenty-three black wolf Sin Beasts and gained 69 attribute points.
• Lin An hunted the Sin Beasts his guards located, then had them lure their targets directly to him.
• Lin An cleared the mountain forest in about two hours, killing fewer than five hundred Sin Beasts and gaining 1,452 attribute points.
• A guard showed Lin An a Sin-Luring Crystal that could attract every Sin Beast within a thousand-meter radius, and Lin An decided to test it.
• Lin An told his ten guards to break through to the Silver Realm, and they swallowed prepared pills and began their breakthroughs.

Lin An used Sin-Luring Crystals to draw the Sin Beasts of a mountain forest into one place and slaughtered them, earning thousands of attribute points. After improving One Saber Slash, he and his guards set off for the next location.

• Lin An led his ten personal guards to a larger mountain forest and ordered them to clear a space and use Sin-Luring Crystals to attract its Sin Beasts.
• The guards drew the Sin Beasts toward Lin An, then watched for flying beasts while he charged into the horde.
• Lin An killed the gathered Sin Beasts in a battle lasting more than an hour, while the guards dealt with a few flying beasts.
• Lin An gained 5,418 attribute points and spent 2,000 to raise One Saber Slash to minor mastery, then decided to keep cultivating the technique.
• Lin An and his guards left for the next location.

Lin An used his upgraded title and One Saber Slash to hunt Sin Beasts through the Spirit Realm, gathering attribute points as he approached its core. With ten hours left before the realm closed, he led his guards into a mountain range while the three great families prepared a plan to reach the special treasure.

• Lin An’s slaughter earned him the Ten Thousand Sin Slaughter achievement, and he spent 10,000 attribute points to raise One Saber Slash to major mastery.
• Lin An continued hunting with his guards, earning up to 20,000 attribute points a day as the Sin Beasts grew stronger and more numerous.
• On the seventh day, Lin An’s guard reported that the mountain range ahead held many powerful Sin Beasts and that members of the three great families had already entered it.
• Lin An led his guards into the mountain range and had them activate the Sin-Luring Crystal, choosing to prioritize hunting while they looked for the special treasure.
• In a cave, the three great families learned that tens of thousands of Sin Beasts guarded the treasure and decided to lure them away before making their move near the Spirit Realm’s closing time.

Lin An perfected One Saber Slash, comprehended Saber Intent, and used the technique to slaughter Sin Beasts even more efficiently. After a guard found a valley packed with thousands of Sin Beasts, Lin An ignored his guards’ warnings and headed inside alone, trusting his father’s jade pendant to help him escape danger.

• Lin An spent 100,000 attribute points to perfect One Saber Slash and comprehended Saber Intent in an instant.
• Lin An tested his perfected slash, cutting down Sin Beasts within a thirty-meter range while recovering much of the spiritual energy it consumed.
• After another five hours of hunting, Lin An learned that a guard had found a valley containing tens of thousands of Sin Beasts, including Silver Tier beasts, and possibly the Spirit Realm’s special treasure.
• Lin An rejected his guards’ plan to lure the Sin Beasts out in batches and told them his father’s jade pendant could help him escape if danger arose.
• Lin An swallowed a pill and headed alone toward the valley.

Lin An charged alone into a horde of Sin Beasts while his guards watched for a chance to help. When members of the three great families arrived, Zhao Tao mistook the guards’ actions and accused them of betraying Lin An.

• Lin An bound his saber to his hand and attacked the Sin Beasts, cutting a path through the horde.
• One of Lin An’s personal guards hid the other nine and went to question the approaching members of the three great families.
• Zhao Tao explained that his group intended to enter the valley and seize its treasure, and the guard became slightly less wary.
• Zhao Tao and the others spotted Lin An fighting amid the Sin Beasts and suspected the guard had betrayed him.
• The guard called the nine hidden guards out, and Zhao Tao accused all ten of betraying Lin An.

Lin An continued slaughtering the Sin Beasts and decided to push into the valley before the Spirit Realm closed, hoping to find its special treasure. Zhao Tao and the ten personal guards helped draw away the beasts, and Lin An reached the valley entrance and charged inside.

• Zhao Tao and the ten personal guards agreed to stand by while preparing to help Lin An escape if he ran into danger.
• Lin An fought for an hour among the Sin Beasts, replenishing his spiritual power with his Spirit Devouring ability and gathering over ninety thousand attribute points.
• With about an hour before the Spirit Realm closed, Lin An decided to enter the valley and use Lin Xiao's jade pendant against the Silver Tier Sin Beasts there.
• Zhao Tao and the three great families activated Sin-Luring Crystals to draw away the Sin Beasts outside the valley and clear Lin An's path.
• Lin An fought his way to the valley entrance, then used Star-Chasing Steps to charge inside.

Lin An used Lin Xiao’s jade pendant to wipe out the Sin Beasts in the valley, then defeated its Silver Ninth Grade Purple-Patterned Poison Toad with a powerful combined saber technique. He approached the Spirit Realm treasure, revealed as a crystal, and had yet to inspect it.

• Lin An crushed Lin Xiao’s jade pendant, and Lin Xiao’s phantom killed the valley’s approaching Sin Beasts with one saber slash.
• Lin An gained about twenty thousand attribute points and headed for the glowing treasure on the lake island.
• The island turned out to be atop a Silver Ninth Grade Purple-Patterned Poison Toad, which surfaced and knocked Lin An away.
• Lin An stacked Triple Saber’s power and unleashed his perfected One Saber Slash, killing the Purple-Patterned Poison Toad.
• Lin An approached the toad’s corpse and saw a crystal radiating spiritual light.

Lin An obtained a Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal and continued hunting Sin Beasts until the Spirit Realm closed. After returning to Shenglin City, he astonished the three clan heads with reports of his slaughter of more than ten thousand Sin Beasts, then reunited with Lin Xiao.

• Lin An collected the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal, intending to give it to his father to help perfect the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique.
• Lin An killed over a thousand more Sin Beasts before the Spirit Realm closed and teleported him outside.
• Ji Yuan checked that Lin An was unharmed, and Qian Hai led the group back to Shenglin City.
• Zhao Tao and the other young clan members told their fathers that Lin An had slaughtered over ten thousand Sin Beasts alone.
• Zhao Tong decided the Zhao Clan should give Lin An at least a third of its resources, and the other clan heads agreed to support him.
• Lin Xiao welcomed Lin An back to the City Lord's Estate and invited him inside for food and rest.

After returning from the Spirit Realm, Lin An gave the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal to Lin Xiao and prepared for his next breakthrough. He reached the Silver Realm before the leaderboard settlement and upgraded Spirit Devouring, while anticipating a Sin Beast attack on Shenglin City in two months.

• Lin Xiao warned Lin An not to risk his life recklessly, and Lin An credited the jade pendant with helping him survive the Sin Beasts.
• Lin An gave Lin Xiao the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal, which could aid comprehension and help him perfect his cultivation technique.
• Lin An checked his attribute points and recalled that over a hundred thousand Sin Beasts, including three Gold Realm beasts, would attack Shenglin City in two months.
• Lin An decided to break through before the leaderboard rewards settled and successfully advanced to the Silver Realm.
• Lin An received a Divine Ability Upgrade Stone for being the first player on the server to reach Silver and used it to enhance Spirit Devouring.

After reaching silver first grade, Lin An claimed the monthly rankings reward and discussed cultivation plans with Lin Xiao. The three great families sent resources to curry favor with Lin An, who accepted them while continuing to cultivate with his father.

• Lin An inspected his upgraded Spirit Devouring ability, noted his silver first grade realm, and resolved to keep cultivating toward gold.
• Lin An claimed first place in the server-wide realm rankings and chose 1,000 attribute points as his reward.
• Lin Xiao told Lin An that the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal could help him perfect his cultivation technique within six months, potentially sooner.
• Qian Yang reported that the three great family heads had sent resources from the Spirit Realm, including some gold tier goods, and Lin An agreed to accept them without meeting the donors.
• Qian Yang returned to the gates, where Zhao Tong and the other two family heads anxiously asked what Lin An and Lin Xiao had said.

Zhao Tong and the other family heads offered Lin An gifts and asked for their sons to serve him, but Qian Yang said Lin An and Lin Xiao were in secluded cultivation. As Lin An trained and Lin Xiao worked toward perfecting the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique, the three great families sent more than two hundred members, including their young heads, to join the city garrison.

• Qian Yang accepted the three family heads’ resources on Lin An’s behalf and passed on Lin An’s gratitude and request for their continued support of Shenglin City.
• Zhao Tong and the other family heads asked Qian Yang to arrange for their sons to serve Lin An, and Qian Yang promised to raise the request after Lin An and Lin Xiao emerged from seclusion.
• Lin An refined pills and cultivated while Lin Xiao used the Heaven and Earth Spirit Crystal to study Lin An’s technique and hoped to perfect the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique within three months.
• Feng Shan told Qian Yang that more than two hundred members of the three great families, including their young heads, had joined the city garrison.
• Qian Yang concluded that the families were using the garrison to get closer to the city lord’s household and shared his explanation with Feng Shan.

Lin An cultivated toward silver ninth grade as the Sin Beasts began converging on Shenglin City. After Zhao Tao reported the growing numbers, Feng Shan recognized the signs of a possible siege and ordered more scouting and patrols.

• Qian Yang and Feng Shan agreed to let descendants of the three great families join the garrison and follow its military orders.
• Lin An claimed the monthly ranking reward of 1,000 attribute points, then resumed cultivating with the approaching Sin Beast attack and the future threat to Blue Star on his mind.
• Lin An broke through to silver seventh grade after several days of cultivation.
• Zhao Tao and his squad found repeated groups of Sin Beasts heading toward Shenglin City, fought one group, and reported their suspicion to the garrison.
• Feng Shan learned that Sin Beasts were converging from all four directions and ordered scouts to investigate while patrols and security were strengthened.

Sin Beasts gathered in growing numbers outside Shenglin City, prompting Lin Xiao to leave seclusion and prepare the city for a siege. As the forces reached 150,000, Lin An reached silver ninth grade perfection and went to the treasury to choose cultivation techniques.

• Feng Shan reported that tens of thousands of Sin Beasts had gathered outside Shenglin City's gates, and Qian Yang summoned Lin Xiao from seclusion.
• Lin Xiao learned that about 80,000 Sin Beasts had assembled and ordered Feng Shan to watch their movements while he reassured the city.
• Feng Shan reported that the three great families' younger members had followed the rules and that Zhao Tao had first noticed the Sin Beasts' movements.
• The Sin Beast forces grew to 150,000 as Shenglin City completed its preparations and Lin Xiao reassured the soldiers.
• Lin An reached silver ninth grade perfection, then visited the treasury and selected three cultivation techniques with Qian Hai's help.

Lin An perfected three Gold Tier cultivation techniques and prepared to fight in the coming Sin Beast siege. He persuaded Lin Xiao to let him face the horde alone as bait for its hidden Gold Realm Sin Beasts.

• Lin An spent 5,010 attribute points to perfect the Army-Breaking Saber Technique, Blood Jade Body, and Wind-Riding Steps.
• Lin An reflected on his rapid progress and planned to reach Platinum Realm and eventually leave Shenglin City for the upper city.
• Lin An went to the eastern city gate and told Lin Xiao he was ready to join the battlefield.
• Lin An asked to attack the Sin Beast horde alone and explained that he wanted to temper his foundation and lure out its hidden Gold Realm Sin Beasts.
• Lin Xiao initially refused, but after hearing Lin An's reasoning, he granted permission and told him to prepare thoroughly.

Lin An prepared for the Sin Beast siege and waited until the horde attacked Shenglin City. When the event began, he left the city alone to face the approaching beasts while Lin Xiao watched from the battlements, ready to intervene.

• Lin An stocked up on pills, defensive treasures, and lifesaving measures before returning to the eastern city gate.
• On October 1, Lin An received 1,000 attribute points, and the Sin Beast horde grew to around 180,000 as it gathered outside the city.
• On October 4, the Sin Beasts charged Shenglin City, and an event interface announced that players could earn points by killing them.
• Lin An declined Qian Hai's offer to accompany him and told him to watch for gold realm Sin Beasts.
• Lin An leapt from the city wall and landed before the advancing horde, while Lin Xiao ordered the troops to prepare and watched, ready to rescue him.

Lin An unleashed a devastating saber slash that killed thousands of Sin Beasts, then recovered through his Spirit Devouring ability and charged into the horde. As he continued fighting outside Shenglin City, Lin Xiao trusted him while ordering the defenders to prepare for the beasts still advancing toward the walls.

• Lin An gathered his spiritual power and earth-vein energy into his saber, then killed thousands of Sin Beasts with One Saber Slash.
• Lin An recovered his strength through Spirit Devouring and rushed into the horde, cutting down Sin Beasts with each swing.
• The defenders on Shenglin City's eastern gate watched Lin An in disbelief, while Zhao Tao admired him and Zhao Tong rebuked Zhao Tao for wanting to charge out.
• Feng Shan asked Lin Xiao whether they should support Lin An, but Lin Xiao said he trusted him and ordered the defenders to prepare for battle.
• The remaining Sin Beasts reached the city walls, and Shenglin City's defenders began their counterattack.

Lin An slaughtered Sin Beasts near Shenglin City, earning more than eight hundred thousand event points by killing a thousand Silver Realm attackers. The Flame Hell Dragon Lizard and Thunder Griffin suspected he was Lin Xiao’s son and planned a surprise attack on him to draw Lin Xiao out.

• Lin An began wielding two sabers, accelerating his slaughter as Sin Beasts passed him to attack Shenglin City.
• The Flame Hell Dragon Lizard and Thunder Griffin sent a thousand Silver Realm Sin Beasts to surround Lin An and provoke Lin Xiao into intervening.
• Lin An killed all thousand attackers in half an hour, gaining more than eight hundred thousand event points and many attribute points.
• The Flame Hell Dragon Lizard and Thunder Griffin suspected Lin An was Lin Xiao’s son and decided to lure Lin Xiao out with an attack.
• Several thousand more Silver Realm Sin Beasts charged Lin An while the Thunder Griffin hid among the horde and approached him.

Lin An lured the Gold Second Grade Thunder Griffin into attacking him and killed it with one saber slash. With the Gold Realm commander dead, the Sin Beast siege on Shenglin City was left without its leader.

• Lin Xiao watched the city’s defenses and searched for the Gold Realm Sin Beast commanding the attack.
• Lin An drew the Silver Realm Sin Beasts toward himself while saving his Earth Vein Power for the hidden commander.
• The Thunder Griffin concealed its aura, ordered the Sin Beasts to pressure Lin An, and seized an opening to strike.
• Lin An turned and poured his spiritual power and accumulated Earth Vein Power into One Saber Slash.
• Lin An’s slash cut the Thunder Griffin in two, earning him attribute points and event points.

Lin An and Lin Xiao killed the two gold realm Sin Beasts leading the siege, and Lin An continued hunting until the event ended with over five million event points. After the battle, Shenglin City's troops and families praised Lin An as he returned to the city to wash up and check the event shop.

• Lin An killed the Thunder Griffin with one slash, while Lin Xiao captured the Flame Hell Dragon Lizard and learned that the head chief had sent the beasts to test whether he had reached the platinum realm.
• Lin Xiao knocked the Flame Hell Dragon Lizard unconscious and sent it to Lin An, who killed it and gained event points.
• Lin An chose to keep hunting after Lin Xiao returned to the city, and the Sin Beast Siege ended three hours later with Lin An holding 5,326,200 event points.
• Feng Shan and the gathered troops and family representatives praised Lin An, who rode back to Shenglin City after ordering them to clear the battlefield.

Lin An browsed the small-scale event shop and spent most of his points on rare items, including a Weapon Spirit Embryo and a Cultivation Technique Furnace. He created and named his new indestructible saber Condemnation, then considered which cultivation techniques to fuse.

• Lin An examined the event shop and found a Marrow Cleansing Pill, a Weapon Spirit Embryo, and a Cultivation Technique Furnace among its offerings.
• Lin An exchanged five million points for those three items, then used his remaining points to buy a Thousand-Li Teleportation Talisman, a Substitute Puppet, two 10x Cultivation Cards, and attribute points.
• Lin An used the Weapon Spirit Embryo and selected a Tang-style straight saber template.
• Lin An named the resulting indestructible saber Condemnation and put it away.
• Lin An inspected his cultivation techniques and considered what to fuse in the Cultivation Technique Furnace.

Lin An used a Marrow-Cleansing Pill to break through to Gold Second Grade, then visited the treasury to collect Platinum Rank techniques and materials for Condemnation. Back in his courtyard, he successfully raised Condemnation to Black Iron Tier and prepared to feed it more materials.

• Lin An swallowed a Marrow-Cleansing Pill, broke through to the Gold Realm, and advanced to Gold Second Grade after another marrow and meridian cleansing.
• Lin An went to the treasury, where Qian Hai told him it held twelve Platinum Rank techniques.
• Lin An collected all twelve techniques and gathered materials of various tiers to feed Condemnation.
• Lin An tried fusing higher-tier materials into Condemnation, but the weapon could only accept Black Iron Tier materials.
• Lin An spent one attribute point to fuse refined iron into Condemnation, raising it to Black Iron Tier, then brought out the remaining materials.

Lin An fused materials and attribute points into Condemnation, raising it to Platinum Rank and granting it seven elemental attributes. He stopped upgrading the saber so he could save his remaining attribute points for Platinum Rank cultivation techniques.

• Lin An raised Condemnation from Black Iron Tier through Bronze, Silver, and Gold Tiers by fusing materials and spending attribute points.
• After Condemnation reached Gold Tier, Lin An fused the Thunder Griffin's crystal core into it, giving it the lightning attribute.
• Lin An added the Flame Hell Dragon Lizard's crystal core and mystic ice iron, confirming that Condemnation could hold multiple attributes, including opposing ones.
• Lin An fused more Gold Tier materials into Condemnation, adding attributes and strengthening those already present.
• Lin An spent thirty thousand attribute points to raise Condemnation to Platinum Rank, giving it lightning, wind, metal, wood, fire, earth, and ice attributes.
• Lin An decided to stop upgrading Condemnation to preserve attribute points for Platinum Rank cultivation techniques, then brought out twelve such techniques.